Hey everybody, she's here! Zelda Ivory Rain was born yesterday at 9:48am at home unassisted (except by dh, who caught her ). We haven't weighed or measured her yet, probably later today, but I would guess around 7lbs or so. I had regular contrax both Tuesday & Wednesday nights from 11pm to about 8am, but they pretty much stopped during the day, which is no small coincidence because dh hadn't started his leave from work yet, so taking care of ds was my focus. But then on Thursday night I did some accupressure, had a glass of wine and really let myself get into it and WOW labor came on strong!. So much so that by 8am I was just about ready to transfer just from sheer exhaustion (no sleep for almost 72hrs). We actually had a very dear friend on standby to give us a ride but right when dh called him I realized my legs were shaking and I got a little wave of nausea. So I called dh back and told him forget it, I'm in transition, no time. Dh was awesome, he totally got behind be and told me what he could see, reminded me to breathe, etc. He'd make a good mw, come to think of it. One very tiny tear is all there is, mostly because she popped out up to her waist in one push. And she wasn't breech! She flip-flopped right up until Thursday night, when she did one last big turn to mostly head down. So much thanks to e/o who had good breech advice. Here's a pic from this morning, and I'll try to post some more from yesterday later:

What a beautiful little girl and what a strong mama! I have never had such a long labour myself, although I have been the "official photographer" at a lengthy birth. I am so glad your dh gave you the support you needed and I well remember those thoughts of transferring during transition from my assisted births and the realization that it would be more trouble than it was worth. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful birth story with us and have a peaceful babymoon!

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Interesting how she waited until the last minute to flip. I wonder how often that happens, or would happen if babies were not surgically removed before labor begins when head up?

Yes, the really cool thing was that after a bunch of the contrax I could literally feel her readjusting and squirming further down -- a really wild feeling! Thanks for all the well-wishing. Going on a babymoon for awhile but I'll be lurking.